Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-11-23

and more particularly on that portion
of the neck Immediately below the
organ of philoprogenitiveness lest the
sun should smlte them in his wrath"
To guard against the dangerous in
1uence of the sun man has sought out
many inventions. Carriages have dou-
BILE roofs; hats are built of pith and are
ventilated by a cunning cupola in
miniature ingeniously implanted IL the
crown; parasols are gigantic wooden
mushrooms, and garments are of any
substance that can possible be obtained,
which, in weight and fiber, does not
exceed gossamer. The walls of the
houses are about three feet thick, We
randaed and terraced round. The rooms
are halls worthy Of containing the
common council of any small American
mining town. They are matted and
not carpeted, unless in some houses
where appearances are more studied
than comfort. The z ass windows have
each outer ones of wood, similar to the
Venitian ones so prevalent in CalIfOr-
MIA houses. These are closely shut
fourteen hours Of the twenLy-four
Huge squares OF matted straw are
placed before such openings as cannot
be closed, and II is the duty of a serv-
water obtainable ten times an hour.
The motive is obvious. The hot
wind passing through the damp cusca
is cooled almost to a welcome point,
and from a scouTage transferred by a
simple device into a refreshment. We
live in the breath of the punka, for all
day and Dight a servant stands by TO
fan us. If he halts for one second a
glow of feverIsh heat steals over us,
and the punka wallan submits mutely
TO the castigation he deserves and most
inevitably gets. The poor wretcheS,
possessed, 1t may be, of more intellect
than brutes, but undoubtedly of less
instinct and sagacity, ply their monOto-
nous occupation like pieces of i'll fitting
machinery. They are certain to fall
asleep unless retained at high pressure
by the constant application of horse
whip.
The second plague in lie In India,
fully as monstTous as the first, is
servants. Take a professional Inau
whose income Is 500 rupees, or $3.50 a
mouth. He does not desire, IN all
probability, to domeSticate himself ia
the cherries circle of a boarding house
community, where his absolute cost to
the amiable landlady Will be about 20
rupees per month, on which he is called
every four weeks to pay 800 per cent.
He therefore takes house and becomes,
he blIndly imagines, Ibis own master"
The house is taken. 1t IS situated
in a compound" which means in
america Its own ground. So spon-
taneous is vegetation that a ''mallee"
(gardener) IS Indispensable. Let the
masters tastes be ever SO much IL
clined to till his own garden and rear
marvel5 In botany and horticulture,
the heat forbids him. The pay Of the
malice will vary between aud rupees
per month 81. The next necessary
| creature Is the mater or house
sweeper-a man who always seems the
acme OF devotednesS and activity, but
! who has really remarkably easy life of
1 1t generally. His pay is equal TO the
! mallee's. The "bhestie,n who may be
| met with in the twelve signs of the
zodiac under the nomenclature of
"Aquarius," is the servant to whom
! the tractable and sensitive heart most
/ lnclines to be liberal. lie fills his
'muscOck" Ia sealskin) many times "A
| day with pure water and replenishes
! the bath. He fills the house buckets
and delugas the carriage when 1t If
! being cleaned. OurgratItude, extreme
as 1t IS, goes no further than rupees.
! Then comes the table servants and the
| cook. Pursuing the list we reach the
"siTdarbearer." This man trims the
lamps aud pulls the punka, AMI does
I nothing else for the world. His wages
are I rupees.
Another and even more important
man is the bearer. Say, old Indian of
thirty hot years standing, how often
. have you blessed tins man above others;
| He IS valet, banker and general pro
tactOr over all things you may possess
he wipes you dry as finder when yOU
issue from your bath; he puts youl
hose on while you sit on chair in
reverle; he does the same good turn fe'
all the garments you desire to don. He
has your hat and gloves beautifully
prepared for you; he takes charge Oi
your floating capital in the way of any
odd rupees which you may happen Il
leave in your discarded waistcOat, and
you may safely trust him with a thou
sand. lie studies your every move
ment and replaces all mutIlated but.
tons; in fact, he is TO great extent {;
wife, and II you give hlm a full anC
valuable wardrobe to be lord and mas
ter over as long as he may stay IN you
service, you will find it undimInIshe5
and precisely as you gave it.
II a resident here is married mai
he may, in the nature of things, bt
blessed with household gOds-each goo
II eeds an ''ayah." :" She is, of course
"A female servant, and the most trouble
some, except the syces, of them all
The wages OF an ayah are very change
able and uutiXed, few under 10 rupees
h month are of much good, thougl
some are Obtalnable at half that sum
Besides the regular ayah to the wIf,
and each child there must be the INA
teranni." 1t IS her business 20 d.
certain things which, if executed b,
the others, would lose them their castles
To readers versed in the technical
ties of natural history the third plagu
OF India will be recognizable by tn
name Of "culex, " but II IS better know
10y the name of mosquito. The cur
tain5 round our beds at night are no
only valuable safeguards against mos
quitoes, but against a hundred othe
insects; some of them very repulsive i
appearance, Grasshoppers, flying bee
ties, fire flies and others yet more hOl
rible would invade our sanctuary, bu
can only gaze at us through the dell
cate squares of our gauZe prison. The
hum and buzz untiringly, like the sing
ing fish of Ceylon, occasionally rIsin
louder in their melody than the huma
voice. Occasionally you find a coDT
in your bathroom. He is IN size like
large eel, and Its bite is often fata
: If you find one always search for al
otner.
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